DICKSON / DIXON Gypsies in the FoD (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Thursday, August 14, 2008, 05:11 (5955 days ago) @ squillysmum

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=7388

is an example of moderate success tracking one such family.

Whilst the enumerators were suppose to "capture" the details of those camped in the Forest, my guess is that they did not in all cases - we can speculate as to why :-)

meanwhile on with this limited information

Year: 1873
Month: Jul
Day: 9
Surname: DIXON
Forenames: Ambrose
Residence: Popes Hill (Gypsy)
Age_at_death: 82
Officiating_Minister: William Barker Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death: [Not Sta
Memoranda: Letter P in left hand margin Name is annotated NY Odd Grave
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/12
Page_No: 68
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

1861 Class: RG9; Piece: 1755; Folio: 40; Page: 17;
Heywood nr Cinderford
Dickson Family - no christian names
head 55 pedlar - {ambrose ?}
wife 50 pedlar - {mary ann ?}
son 20 tinker
dau 30 pedlar
dau 25 pedlar
son 15 pedlar - {edmund ?}
grandson 5
grandson 2

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